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AUSTRALIAN SAILING (^) + YACHTING
APRIL-MAY 2015 MYSAILING.COM.AU
29ER NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
The 29er class was peppered with International
29er class heavyweights, at the 2014-15 Zhik
Australian 9er Championships. World Champion
Kurt Hansen and Jim Colley’s victory in the 29er
class was a hard fought battle playing out right
to the end over rookie 29er skipper John Cooley
sailing with past national champion and 49er
sailor Angus Williams in exhilarating conditions
demonstrating it is a class offering unimagined
opportunity for our youth sailors to take on the
world’s best.
49ER NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
Robust conditions resulted in a very tiring
week, with Australia’s Joel Turner and
Lewis Brake winning the 49er class national
championship. Skipper Joel Turner was
thrilled by the conditions and venue at Jervoise
Bay Sailing Club, WA, and spoke on behalf
of the Olympic class fleet at the presentation
declaring, “it has been some of the best sailing
conditions I have experienced.”

1. Why Seas, Joel Turner/
   Lewis Brake, 17


2. White Whale, David
   Gilmour/Rhys Mara, 26


3. NZL 127, Logan Dunning
   Beck/Jack Simpson, 45

FLEET: 12 boats

RESULTS

1. Objective, Kurt Hansen/Jim Colley, 26


2. Coolski , John Cooley/Angus Williams, 36


3. Ooosh, Kyle O’Connell/Tom Siganto, 40

FLEET: 44 boats

RESULTS

JENNIFER MEDD

National Champions Joel Turner and Lewis Brake.

49ERFX NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The Olympic 49erFX fleet included two international

teams from Singapore and two Australian Sailing Squad

teams Tess Lloyd with Caitlin Elks

and Haylee Outteridge with Sarah

Cook. There were six open teams this

year indicating the 49erFX appeal to

graduating youth sailors following

the 9er pathway, at the 2014-15

Zhik Australian 9er Championships.

Australia’s 49erFX team George Stent

and Ben Robinson, graduate 29er

sailors from the NSW’s Youth Sailing

Team won the national championships

with nine bullets from fifteen races.

1. Vendetta, George Stent/
   Benjamin Robinson, 27


2. AUS 11, Tess Lloyd/Caitlin
   Elks, 37


3. SIN 33, Griselda Khng/Sara
   Tan, 41

FLEET: 12 boats

RESULTS

JENNIFER MEDD

49erFX National

Champions George Stent

and Benjamin Robinson

CATHY DOYLE

Kurt Hansen and Jim Colley

sailing Objective.